About this plugin
Authors Posts Widget lists your authors and their latest posts in a tidy, collapsible list that works in sidebars, footers, pages and posts. Visitors open an author to see what they have written, with no page reload.
Version 2 is a full rebuild for modern WordPress: a Gutenberg block, a shortcode, the classic widget, faster queries, caching, better accessibility and tighter security.
Features
- Three ways to use it: block, widget (classic and block widget areas) and the [authors_posts] shortcode.
- Collapsible authors built on native HTML <details>: keyboard friendly, screen-reader friendly and works even when JavaScript is blocked.
- Control what is shown: posts per author, excerpts (with length), avatars, post counts, post dates, “View all posts” archive link, expand the first author by default.
- Order and filter: order authors by name or by number of posts, exclude authors by ID.
- Fast: one small set of queries per list, cached automatically and refreshed when posts or users change. Styles load only on pages that show a list.
- Looks right in your theme: colors inherit from the theme (light, dark, block themes), RTL ready, optional link color.
- Secure by default: every input is validated, every output escaped, password-protected excerpts are never shown and only public display names are used.
- Translation ready.
Shortcode
[authors_posts number="3" display_excerpt="true" orderby="post_count" order="DESC"]
Attributes: number, orderby (name, post_count), order (ASC, DESC), exclude, max_authors, display_excerpt, excerpt_length, show_avatar, avatar_size, show_count, show_date, link_author, open_first.
Developers
The list is built from clean filters and actions (for example apw_default_args, apw_query_args, apw_users_args, apw_author_data, apw_post_data, apw_cache_ttl, apw_max_posts_per_author ). Cached lists can be cleared from Settings > Authors Posts Widget.
Pro
A Pro add-on is available with accordion and card layouts, live author search, post thumbnails, author bios, post type and category filters, role filters and a “Load more” button. See Settings > Authors Posts Widget > Pro for details.